Monday, February 22, 2010

a free pattern just for you

My little Irish lass has finally made it to So September. When you see those little french knot shamrocks then I'm sure you will understand why I was compelled to stitch up a sample first before I just let her loose in the world - so much fun! Now it's your turn - find the free .pdf pattern right here! I had a ball with this one, I must admit. I kept the sample pretty basic - back stitches and french knots only. But I would love to do some fill stitches here and there too- her shoes, maybe her hair and that skirt would be fun too!

Even though this does have a St. Patrick's Day theme I think those shamrocks could be turned into flowers pretty easily to make it more of a Spring themed piece, don't you think? Just take out the stem, add another knot or two to them (right now they have three knots each) and stitch them up in pink or yellow and she could be sprinkling Springtime instead of luck.

Oh, one other note on this pattern. In the pattern itself I drew her with freckles but I just could not for the life of me get them to look right when I stitched them. My guess is that at this size (she is in a 6 inch hoop) it is more difficult than if she was stitched slightly larger. When I did it, it was hard to differentiate her eye from the freckles but in a larger size maybe different stitches could be used to make that distinction. Or maybe I just should have used other floss colors - I'm not sure. If anyone is able to solve this dilemma please share your secret!

Maybe it's because I'm Irish, but hat is the cutest embroidery pattern I have ever seen. It's so cute I'm going to get out the supplies I bought and try embroidery again (which have been put away since earlier failures!)

I have been scouring the internet for embroidery patterns with kind of a vintage feel and I'm so excited I found your blog. Thank you so much for making this pattern, how in the world do you create these amazing patterns? lol thank you thank you.

I just found this -- it could also be done with hearts for valentine's day, little yellow and orange leaves for fall, and on dark fabric with white for winter, or stars for night time... it's just perfect for so many things!